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Fascinating read. It shows how effective the biblical rebrand of wolves was that I didn't know wolves rarely ever kill people. I presumed they'd be really dange
by jonplackett 7y ago
Fascinating read. It shows how effective the biblical rebrand of wolves was that I didn't know wolves rarely ever kill people. I presumed they'd be really dangerous for people.
- frank2 7y agoWikipedia: “In France, historical records compiled by rural historian Jean-Marc Moriceau indicate that during the period 1362–1918, nearly 7,600 people were killed by wolves”.
- thrower123 7y ago14 people a year. Doubtless more people were killed by falling roofing tiles while walking down the street over those centuries.
- jonplackett 7y agoI guess 1 a month isn’t nothing but it is not much. Especially during a period where I’m sure people died pretty easily from a lot of other causes! Is it just me who thought wolves were dangerous for people, or did you too until you looked it up?
- brenden2 7y agoTo put things in perspective, death by shark attack is about 6 per year globally, since 1958. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_attack
- onychomys 7y agoThe number of people verified to have been killed by (non-rabid, non-domesticated) wolves in North America since 1900 is just two, both of which have come in the last 15 years. There are some other cases from the 1920s that might have been wolves but since reporting was a little more lax back then, we'll never know for sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks_in_North_America#Fatal_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks_in_North_...